News from FlightGlobal – Page 2617
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High-speed trains pose no threat to aircraft services
Sir - A recent report to the International Civil Aviation Organisation-CAEP, High-speed trains - competition and competitive power, written by Jan Veldhuis (Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority), Alf Schmitt (Germany) and myself, provides minimal support for the apprehensions put forward by "name withheld" and Haluk Taysi of Airbus (Flight International, Letters, ...
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Licence to change
European pilot-training organisations at all levels will have to cope with a new set of standards. David Learmount/LONDON Most European pilots know that flight-crew licence requirements are changing to a European standard, but few could say when or describe the differences. Pilot-training organisations, on the other hand, ...
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Central European ATC centre closer
Julian Moxon/PARIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached, on the first stages for a Maastricht style central European joint upper airspace air traffic control (ATC) centre, which if implemented, would significantly reduce congestion over the area. Wrangling continues over the location of the headquarters for the Central ...
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FAA calls for check on THY JT8Ds overhauls
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will issue an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for detailed inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines overhauled by Turk Hava Yollari (THY), an FAA-certificated aircraft and engine-maintenance shop in Turkey. The AD results from an investigation of the 8 June uncontained failure ...
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Europe plans 12-month trial to advance ADS forward
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST trial of satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) will begin in Europe by the end of the year. The European Commission-funded ADS Europe programme will gather data from at least 11 aircraft - ten of them airliners on revenue flights. ADS ...
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Aer Lingus A330 launches new service
Aer Lingus put its fourth Airbus A330 into service on 13 July on a new transatlantic service linking Belfast in Northern Ireland with New York and Boston via Shannon. The aircraft, originally built for Air Inter, has been leased for seven years. The new service is being marketed as Vacation ...
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Southwest Airlines makes plans for Florida expansion
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES plans to expand into Florida early in 1996. Share prices of airlines already serving the leisure-dominated Florida market fell sharply with the news of Southwest's first expansion eastward since it established a presence at Baltimore/Washington Airport in September 1993. Dallas, Texas-based Southwest will begin services to ...
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Sabena/Swissair tie-up gets EC approval
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has given its blessing to the alliance between Swissair and Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Under the deal, Swissair will take a 49.5% stake in Sabena by 2005. The EC says that it is "satisfied" about guarantees that Sabena will remain under European Union ...
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Formosa orders Fokkers for fleet expansion
FORMOSA AIRLINES OF Taiwan has ordered two Fokker 100s and two additional Fokker 50 turboprops to expand its domestic fleet. The two Fokker 50s will be delivered in September and October, and the 109-seat twinjets in December and March 1995. The aircraft will be used on routes from Taipei to ...
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Garuda rethinks Airbus/ Boeing airliner orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA is renegotiating orders for 24 Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft in a move to reduce capital expenditure and prepare for eventual privatisation. The airline is understood to have reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to convert orders for six Airbus A330s ...
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The next windshear?
ALMOST EVERY airline flight these days, at least over the USA, seems to entail an encounter with turbulence. This is usually akin to driving over cobblestones or, sometimes, potholes, but occasionally it is like driving off a cliff. On 19 July, an American Airlines Airbus A300 hit clear-air ...
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Testing resumes on GE90 777
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 test aircraft resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following formal US Federal Aviation Administration approval of the new engine hardware and software modifications. The aircraft was grounded after a bird-strike test on 30 May revealed design problems with the platform spacers between ...
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Turbulence injures US airline passengers
AT LEAST 26 passengers and crew were injured when an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R hit clear-air turbulence (CAT) en route from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 July. On 25 June, a Continental Airlines A300 en route to San Juan hit CAT, which injured 20 passengers and crew. ...
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Lufthansa achieves first-half profits as Weber hits out outsubsidies
LUFTHANSA CHAIRMAN Jurgen Weber has hit out at government subsidies, saying that European governments are "still ploughing DM10 million [$7.1 million] of taxpayers' money daily into their ailing airlines". Weber says that subsidised airlines are "...either expanding with more capacity than they can sell, or are too sluggish ...
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Air Canada orders A340-8000
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS secured an initial order from Air Canada for two of its planned ultra-long-range A340-8000s and stepped up efforts to secure additional launch orders from the Asia-Pacific market. Air Canada's purchase by itself is not sufficient to launch the 232-seat -8000 derivative formally. According to airline ...
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Japan/USA agree on air cargo deal
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments have reached a compromise agreement on air-cargo rights, clearing the way for FedEx to start its Subic Bay-based intra-Asian freight network. Under the agreement reached in Los Angeles, FedEx has been granted "beyond rights" to seven destinations in Asia. Nippon Cargo ...
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UK stand on non-EU operators
Sir - I read with interest the article "UK charters challenge leases" (Flight International, 12-18 July, P8). I agree strongly with the opinion shared by the main UK charter airlines on the operations of non-European Union (EU)-based aircraft in the European Community. It is a relief that UK ...
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Nothing to spare for sponsorship
Sir - In a continuing attempt to obtain sponsorship to train for a commercial pilot's licence, I have regularly contacted airlines, associated aviation companies, trade associations, government agencies and private individuals. Possibly as many as 5,000 letters have been sent, telephone calls and personal visits have been made and I ...
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Mexican Completion
GTE Airfone has completed construction of a ground-station network in Mexico for its Advanced Digital Airfone in-flight communications system. Airborne equipment has been installed in AeroMexico aircraft. GTE says that it is the first to provide communications coverage throughout North America. Source: Flight International
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Egyptair Buys A340
Egyptair has become the 37th customer for the Airbus Industrie A330/A340 with an order for three A340s, and options on two more. The airline plans to use the aircraft to open up new routes, including from Cairo to Japan, the US West Coast, and Australia. Delivery of the first aircraft ...